US 12,145,769 B2
Plastic container with lid
Michael K. Chiado, Greenwood, IN (US); and Axel Ritzberger, Altendorf (CH)
Assigned to GEORG UTZ HOLDING AG, Bremgarten (CH)
Appl. No. 18/040,433
Filed by GEORG UTZ HOLDING AG, Bremgarten (CH)
PCT Filed Aug. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/057892
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/043728, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0286697 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 21/06 (2006.01); B65D 43/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 21/064 (2013.01) [B65D 43/163 (2013.01); B65D 2251/1083 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00194 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00296 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plastic container having a bottom and four sidewalls extending upwardly from the bottom to an open end of the container and a lid comprising two lid halves each attached by means of a hinge to the upper rim of two sidewalls opposite from each other, where the two lid halves are each pivotably rotatable about the hinge from an open position to a closed position, where in the closed position the two lid halves form a level and continuous surface over the open end of the container and the two lid halves each have an inner surface, which face the interior of the container when they are in their closed position, wherein
each lid half comprises at its inner surface one hook arranged adjacent to the hinge of said lid half or two or more hooks arranged to form a row of hooks adjacent to and along the hinge of said lid half, where each hook comprises a body extending parallel to and spaced apart from the inner surface of said lid half, and
each hook body comprises a recess having an opening arranged on a side of the hook body, which faces away from the hinge and toward the distal end of said lid half, and the recess comprises a two-sided undercut.